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UnityPoint Health

An organization that hires lobbyists at the Iowa Legislature (2025–26 session). Its lobbyists filed 495 positions on 77 bills, one filing per lobbyist per bill, and again on each refiling, so the two counts differ. Each bill is counted once, under the most recent position filed on it, even when the bill was renumbered mid-session ; the organization changed position on 5 bills

For 14 · Against 3 · No side declared 60

Declared for (14 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 310 Assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care provider, and making penalties applicable signed by governor
HF 827 The use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while driving, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable no floor vote recorded
HF 875 Health insurers’ credentialing process signed by governor
HF 972 filed as HF 754 Health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant,… signed by governor
HF 2415 filed as HF 606 Certain health insurance policies, contracts, and plans and a special enrollment period for pregnant women no floor vote recorded
HF 2545 Licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and administrative medicine licenses no floor vote recorded
HF 2635 filed as HF 2438 Health carriers standards of conduct; utilization review organizations, artificial intelligence, audits, and prior authorizations;… signed by governor
SF 22 earlier: no side The use of an electronic device in a voice-activated or hands-free mode while driving, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable signed by governor
SF 231 Prior authorization and utilization review organizations no floor vote recorded
SF 469 Creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery signed by governor
SF 618 filed as SF 575 Health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant,… no floor vote recorded
SF 647 And making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of… signed by governor
SF 2184 Licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and administrative medicine licenses signed by governor
SF 2421 Utilization review organizations’ use of artificial intelligence, prior authorization determinations and exemptions, and audits, and… no floor vote recorded

Declared against (3 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 867 earlier: no side Requiring that a portion of funds for the Iowa tuition grant be awarded to students pursuing majors leading to high-wage and high-demand… no floor vote recorded
SF 2185 earlier: no side The reporting of serious reportable events, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 2455 Insurance coverage for emergency services, reimbursements for out-of-network providers, and complicating factors no floor vote recorded

No side declared (60 bills)

Bill Title Status
HF 13 Annual automatic increases in Medicaid provider reimbursement rates no floor vote recorded
HF 35 Postsecondary schools and COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for clinical students no floor vote recorded
HF 61 The disclosure of prices charged for certain health services rendered by health care providers and hospitals no floor vote recorded
HF 111 Creating an advanced registered nurse practitioner preceptor tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including… no floor vote recorded
HF 224 Eliminating certificate of need requirements and the state health facilities council no floor vote recorded
HF 254 The reporting of serious reportable events, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
HF 256 The statute of repose in medical malpractice claims no floor vote recorded
HF 299 The provision of information relating to immunization exemptions signed by governor
HF 300 Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact signed by governor
HF 301 filed as HF 147 Requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to give priority to certain Iowa residents in awarding certain residencies and… no floor vote recorded
HF 303 Prior authorization and utilization review organizations signed by governor
HF 312 filed as HF 123 Orders for treatment of persons experiencing psychiatric deterioration floor vote recorded
HF 313 Testimony at involuntary commitment hearings by physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners floor vote recorded
HF 327 Creating an advanced registered nurse practitioner preceptor tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including… no floor vote recorded
HF 372 Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers no floor vote recorded
HF 379 filed as HF 12 Medical residency and fellowship positions, and certain medical residency and fellowship position applicants no floor vote recorded
HF 384 filed as HF 104 Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted… no floor vote recorded
HF 385 filed as HF 124 earlier: against Discharge of involuntarily committed persons from a facility or a hospital. floor vote recorded
HF 516 filed as HF 137 Medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission to the university of Iowa’s colleges of medicine and… signed by governor
HF 584 The opioid settlement fund, establishing the opioid epidemic response advisory council, making appropriations, and no floor vote recorded
HF 887 filed as HF 277 Removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility signed by governor
HF 919 Children’s specialty hospital designations for certain nonprofit organizations, and including effective date provisions signed by governor
HF 1038 The opioid settlement fund, making appropriations and disbursements, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.… signed by governor
HF 1045 And making appropriations to the education system, including the funding and operation of the department for the blind, department of… no floor vote recorded
HF 2007 Establishing a rural emergency response enhancement program, making appropriations, and no floor vote recorded
HF 2053 The standardization of claim submission and reimbursement processes of managed care organizations no floor vote recorded
HF 2096 The disclosure of the prices charged for health services rendered by health care providers and hospitals no floor vote recorded
HF 2205 The prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners no floor vote recorded
HF 2254 filed as HF 2072 The prohibition of noncompete clauses in certain employment contracts entered into by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, and… signed by governor
HF 2269 filed as HF 2125 The use of the titles physician assistant and physician associate no floor vote recorded
HF 2288 Vaccination exemptions for certain students in clinical rotations and the qualification of postsecondary schools as eligible institutions… no floor vote recorded
HF 2292 Directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient psychiatric beds at each state mental health… floor vote recorded
HF 2347 Requirements for immunization exemption notifications by public health agencies no floor vote recorded
HF 2543 filed as HF 2220 Subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions signed by governor
HF 2562 Care facility placement decisions for certain adults, and including effective date provisions signed by governor
HF 2676 Health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and education, and including effective date and… signed by governor
HF 2707 Alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services, and… signed by governor
HF 2743 filed as HF 2468 Creating the Iowa rural health transformation fund and making appropriations floor vote recorded
HF 2782 And making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and… signed by governor
SF 2 The statute of repose in medical malpractice claims no floor vote recorded
SF 13 The duties of insurers under medical malpractice insurance policies no floor vote recorded
SF 103 The adoption of the American medical association’s code of medical ethics by the board of medicine no floor vote recorded
SF 233 The right to try Act signed by governor
SF 304 filed as SF 120 Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted… signed by governor
SF 312 Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact no floor vote recorded
SF 313 filed as SF 117 The prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners no floor vote recorded
SF 319 Certain cost controls for health care services floor vote recorded
SF 343 Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers no floor vote recorded
SF 391 Creating an advanced registered nurse practitioner preceptor tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including… no floor vote recorded
SF 581 filed as SF 48 earlier: against The reporting of serious reportable events, and providing penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 624 The opioid settlement fund, making appropriations, and no floor vote recorded
SF 626 Federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate… signed by governor
SF 649 And making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, and related provisions and… no floor vote recorded
SF 2049 Autologous and directed blood donations at blood banks and hospitals no floor vote recorded
SF 2190 The use of the titles physician assistant and physician associate signed by governor
SF 2202 Subacute mental health care facilities and services, and no floor vote recorded
SF 2345 Notice of immunization exemptions and providing civil penalties no floor vote recorded
SF 2367 Health-related matters, including health-related professions, certificates of need, and nutrition, and including applicability provisions no floor vote recorded
SF 2424 Vaccination exemptions for certain students in clinical rotations and the qualification of postsecondary schools as eligible institutions… no floor vote recorded
SF 2459 The certificate of need process no floor vote recorded